Ch11-Lady Gregory

CHAPTER ELEVEN Lady Gregory "A hh, sunshine," said Jack. He closed his eyes and felt the sunshine streaming through the tree house window. "And clean, dry clothes," murmured Annie. She placed the Pennsylvania book back in the corner. Jack took the magic whistle out of his pocket and placed it next to the book. "There. Let's go

第十一章格雷戈里夫人“啊，亲爱的，”杰克说。 他闭上眼睛，感觉到阳光透过树屋的窗户照进来。 “还有干净、干燥的衣服。”安妮喃喃地说。 她把宾夕法尼亚的那本书放回角落里。 杰克从口袋里掏出魔哨，放在书旁边。 ”。让我们去

home now," he said. "I want to look on the Internet for information about Augusta." He started down the rope ladder. "Great idea," said Annie, following Jack. "We can find out what happened to her." Jack and Annie ran through the chilly Frog Creek woods. They crossed the street and hurried up the sparkling sidewalk to their yard. They tramped over old snow up to their porch. Annie opened the front door and led the way inside. "Hi!" Jack called. "We're back!" "Hi!" their mom called from the kitchen. "Did you have a nice break?" "Yes, we did!" said Annie.

现在回家了，”他说。“我想在网上查一下有关奥古斯塔的信息。” 他开始顺着绳梯往下走。 “好主意，”安妮跟着杰克说。 “我们可以找出她身上发生了什么。” 杰克和安妮跑过寒冷的青蛙溪树林。 他们穿过街道，匆匆走上闪闪发光的人行道，来到院子里。 他们踏着旧雪来到他们的门廊。 安妮打开前门，带路走了进去。 “嗨!”杰克叫。“我们回来了!”“嗨！”他们的妈妈从厨房喊道。 “你休息得愉快吗？”“是的，我们做了！”安妮说。

"Good. Get back to your homework now," said their mom. "So you can finish in time to go to the theater." "Okay!" called Annie. She went to the computer desk and sat down. "What should I type?" she asked Jack. Jack pulled up a chair and sat beside her. "Well, we don't know her last name," he said. "So try Galway… Augusta… and Irish stories." Annie typed these words on the keyboard, then hit enter. There were lots of choices for different Web sites. Annie clicked on the first one. On the screen was a black-and-white photograph of a woman. The caption under it said: Lady Augusta Gregory

“很好。现在回去做作业吧，”他们的妈妈说。 “这样你就能赶时间去看戏了。” “好的！”安妮叫道。她走到电脑桌前坐下。 “我该打什么？”她问杰克。 杰克拉过一把椅子坐在她旁边。 “嗯，我们不知道她姓什么，”他说。 “那就试试戈尔韦……奥古斯塔……还有爱尔兰故事。” 安妮在键盘上输入了这些字，然后按回车键。 不同的网站有很多选择。 安妮点开了第一个。 屏幕上有一张女人的黑白照片。 照片下方的文字是：奥古斯塔·格雷戈里夫人

"Look! It's her!" said Annie. The woman on the screen was middle-aged, but she still looked like Augusta. Her hair was parted neatly down the middle. Jack read aloud from the screen: Lady Augusta Gregory was born into a wealthy family in Galway, Ireland, in 1852. She wrote over forty plays and many poems and essays. She was a co-founder of the Abbey Theatre, the national theater of Ireland. Lady Gregory also learned the old language of Ireland and became well known for collecting Irish stories and legends and sharing them with the world.

“看!是她！”安妮说。 屏幕上的女人是中年人，但她看起来仍然像奥古斯塔。 她的头发从中间整齐地分开。 杰克从屏幕上大声朗读：奥古斯塔·格雷戈里夫人于1852年出生在爱尔兰戈尔韦的一个富裕家庭。 她写了四十多部戏剧和许多诗歌和散文。 她是爱尔兰国家剧院艾比剧院的联合创始人。 格雷戈里夫人还学习了爱尔兰的古老语言，并以收集爱尔兰故事和传说并与世界分享而闻名。

"Wow!" said Annie. "Augusta did have a brave heart and a fine mind! And she must have liked our play, since she wrote forty of her own and started her own theater." "Yeah," said Jack. "She really turned out great." This reminded him of a question he'd asked himself earlier. "I wonder what I'm good for? I

“哇！”安妮说。“奥古斯塔确实有一颗勇敢的心和一颗善良的心！她一定很喜欢我们的剧本，因为她自己写了四十部剧本，还开办了自己的剧院。” “是的，”杰克说。“她真的很棒。” 这让他想起了之前问过自己的一个问题。 “我想知道我能做什么？” 我

didn't know how to do anything on that Irish farm." "Me neither," said Annie. "But hardly any kids today know how to do that kind of stuff." "So what would we do if all our machines and computers broke down?" said Jack. "We'd have to figure out how to grow potatoes and make our own clothes and milk cows," said Annie. "I'd probably read some kind of instructions first, then give it a try," said Jack. "I'd probably give it a try first," said Annie, "then read the instructions." Jack laughed.

在那个爱尔兰农场，我什么都不知道。” “我也是，”安妮说。“但现在几乎没有孩子知道如何做这种事情。” “如果我们所有的机器和电脑都坏了，我们该怎么办？”杰克说。 “我们得想办法种土豆，自己做衣服，自己挤牛奶，”安妮说。 “我可能会先看一些说明，然后再试一试，”杰克说。 “我可能会先试一试，”安妮说，“然后再看说明书。” 杰克笑了。